(kuì): gift, feedback

(kuì) is a Chinese character meaning “gift, feedback.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #2718 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, expensive 贵 food 饣; 贵 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form (eat) appears in many related characters such as (fàn, meal, rice), 饿 (è, hungry), (guǎn, restaurant, hall).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. gift, feedback

Etymology & Origin

ideographicExpensive 贵 food 饣; 贵 also provides the pronunciation

Decomposition: ⿰饣贵 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verbfǎn kuìto send back information6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
kuì zèngto present (a gift) to (sb)
zhèng fǎn kuìpositive feedback
fù fǎn kuìnegative feedback
huí kuìto repay a favor
线kuì xiànfeeder line
kuì sòngto present (a gift)
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Total compounds
43
As first character
57
As last character
0
As middle character

appears in 7 compound words: 43 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

fǎn
0.56513,519 co-occurrences
zèng
0.5311,404 co-occurrences
0.41590 co-occurrences
0.389822 co-occurrences
huí
0.3601,757 co-occurrences
线xiàn
0.3551,230 co-occurrences
0.354442 co-occurrences
xún
0.352228 co-occurrences
huán
0.351516 co-occurrences
liáng
0.348120 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

客户的反意见对我们改进产品很有帮助。

Kèhù de fǎnkuì yìjiàn duì wǒmen gǎijìn chǎnpǐn hěn yǒu bāngzhù.

Customer feedback is very helpful for us to improve our products.

EttodayMar 2026

丰原太平洋百货购物节强势登场 最高回32%再送家电

fēng yuán tài píng yáng bǎi huò gòu wù jié qiáng shì dēng chǎng zuì gāo huí kuì 3 2 zài sòng jiā diàn

Fengyuan Pacific Department Store Shopping Festival Kicks Off in Style: Up to 32% Cash Back Plus Free Home Appliances

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老年人子宫下垂的治疗方法有哪些?生物反电刺激增强肌肉收缩力吗

lǎo nián rén zǐ gōng xià chuí de zhì liáo fāng fǎ yǒu nǎ xiē ? shēng wù fǎn kuì diàn cì jī zēng qiáng jī ròu shōu suō lì ma

What are the treatments for uterine ptosis in the elderly? Does biofeedback electrical stimulation enhance muscle contraction?

NewsFeb 2026

【厝内大小事】Jamia Wei/接受反的练习

厝 nèi dà xiǎo shì jiē shòu fǎn kuì de liàn xí

Jamia Wei/Practice of accepting feedback

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

中央总预算卡关“TPASS 2.0回金没钱发”公路局:领取时程另行公布

zhōng yāng zǒng yù suàn kǎ guān T P A S S 2 . 0 huí kuì jīn méi qián fā gōng lù jú : lǐng qǔ shí chéng lìng háng gōng bù

The central general budget is stuck in the "TPASS 2.0 rebate money has no money to be issued" Highway Bureau: The collection schedule will be announced separately

It之家Feb 2026

部分 Mac 用户反苹果 macOS 26.3 Tahoe ...

bù fēn yòng hù fǎn kuì píng guǒ . . . .

Some Mac users have reported that Apple's macOS 26.3 Tahoe...

Tatoeba

公司欢迎消费者对他们产品的反

Gōngsī huānyíng xiāofèizhě duì tāmen chǎnpǐn de fǎnkuì

The company welcomes feedback from consumers who use their products.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced kuì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 馈 (kuì) mean in Chinese?
馈 (kuì) primarily means "gift, feedback." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2718 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 馈 have?
馈 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 馈?
The radical associated with 馈 is 饣 (eat). This radical appears in many characters related to eat.
What are the components of 馈?
馈 is composed of: 饣 (structural), 贵 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰饣贵 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 馈?
Common words with 馈 include: 反馈 (fǎn kuì, "to send back information"); 馈赠 (kuì zèng, "to present (a gift) to (sb)"); 正反馈 (zhèng fǎn kuì, "positive feedback"); 负反馈 (fù fǎn kuì, "negative feedback"); 回馈 (huí kuì, "to repay a favor"). There are over 7 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 馈 (kuì)?
Several characters share the pronunciation kuì: 亏 (to lose (money)), 窥 (to peep), 魁 (chief), 愧 (ashamed). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 馈 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 馈 and the traditional form is 餽.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.